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Israel’s Bombing Who?

A protester outside the Israeli embassy in Ankara, Turkey, holds up a sign showing Israeli bombs falling on a fleeing family. The bombs are made in Israel. But where is the family from? Gaza? Lebanon? No. They’re actually Mexican. Whoever made the sign was apparently looking for a clear silhouette of a family to use for a stencil and came across the alarming signs dotting the U.S.-Mexico border, where there’s a supposed traffic hazard of immigrants being chased across roads. So along with immigration authorities and fast drivers, this hard-pressed family has bombs to avoid. Such is the fate of well-drawn people who can be copied vividly in low-tech formats. — Carlos Tovar